Reliving the horror of \’Emergency\’
The convention, “Withdraw the Undeclared Emergency: In Solidarity with Seema Azad and Vishwa Vijay” was held at the Gandhi Peace...
Month: June 2012
The truth about Satyamev Jayate’s donations
On 20th June, we wrote how Satyamev Jayate (SMJ), the do-gooding show that was to redefine prime time and claimed...
A Fraud A Day… Keeps God Away
It was the drawing room of a middle class family in arid Rae Bareli in eastern UP in the early...
BBC reporters told to make money
A leaked email has revealed that BBC has asked its journalists to come up with the money generating ideas for...
Arun Ferreira\’s account of prison life
(After spending about five years in jail, Mumbai-based activist Arun Ferreira was released on bail in January this year. In...
Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, first freely elected Prez
Egypt has been launched on a path unthinkable to all. Once a political prisoner under Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed...
Bhupathi has put self before country
The turn of events over the past week has been distasteful and certainly not the best prelude for a good...
जेल में सितारों के बिना एक दुनिया
याद करें बचपन की. वे कौन सी यादें हैं जो हमें अभी भी रोमांचित करती हैं- गर्मी की उमस भरी...
Egregious Injustice is a disease
(No one individual critic has taken on the Indian State like Arundhati Roy has. In a fight that began with...
No respite for helpless Soni Sori
Soni Sori continues to be ill-treated at the hands of Chhattisgarh government, after a brief breather during her treatment at...
Are we guilty of Tarun Sehrawat\’s death?
When I first heard about two journalists battling for life after returning from a reporting assignment in the Abujmarh jungles...
Activists demand equal distribution of water
The Right to Water Campaign organised a press conference in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the drinking water crisis in...
Anti-asbestos struggle in Bihar gain momentum
Medha Patkar of National Alliance of Peoples’ Movements (NAPM) and Dr Barry Castleman, a world renowned public health expert from...
When will Nitish govt wake up to encephalitis?
Over 200 children have died in Bihar due to encephalitis since the outbreak of the disease in May this year....
Tarun had a long way to go
22-year old Tarun Sehrawat, a photo journalist with Tehelka, passed away on Friday battling some deadly diseases which he contracted...
Seema Azad’s case- Crushing voices of dissent
"The conviction of civil rights activist Seema Azad for terrorism, unlawful activities, sedition and waging war against the state is...
India’s mining industry lawless: HRW
Human Rights Watch has blamed Indian government for failing to enforce the human rights and environmental safeguards in the country’s...
जो बाहर नहीं हो रहा, सीखचों के पीछे बुलंद है
शुक्रवार यानी 15 जून को बिहार और झारखण्ड की तमाम जेलों में हज़ारों बंदियों ने दिन भर खाना नहीं खाया....
आतंकवाद के आरोप में ऐसे फांसाती है एटीएस
उसे आज भी एटीएस का फोन आता है. यह सिलसिला पिछले चार-पांच महीनों से चल रहा है. वो मानता है...
Shock fall in UK manufacturing output
A combination of the crisis in the eurozone and weak domestic demand is putting the skids under the UK\\\'s manufacturing...
कतील को जांच एजेंसियों ने इसलिए मारा
बाटला हाउस में मारे गए संजरपुर, आजमगढ़ के लोगों की जो तस्वीर हमारी आंखों और सीनों में एक अरसे से...
76 Indians qualify for Olympics so far
This year, 56 men and 20 women have booked their Olympic berths and the number is expected to go up...
Bihar: A tale of three Mukhiyas
First, it was Tarkeshwar Giri, former Mukhiya of Jhakhra Sheikh panchayat of Marwan block in Muzaffarpur was made to spend...
भाजपा को खोखला करते पांच प्रमुख कारण
संजय जोशी और नरेंद्र मोदी का विवाद हो या फिर भाजपा के नेताओं का आए दिन बागी तेवर दिखाना, सभी...
सिनेमा के शहर में शंघाई एक सफेद चादर
हमेशा शिकायत रहती थी कि एक देश भारत, और उसका सिनेमा खासतौर पर बॉलीवुड ऐसा क्यों है. ये देश है,...
